South Africa will edge further to a food insecurity crisis if government continues to allow farmers to be killed, ACDP president Kenneth Meshoe said yesterday in a media statement condemning the murder of Glen and Vida Rafferty, a KwaZulu-Natal couple who were shot dead on their farm in Normadien, along […]
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ACDP proposes hybrid system as more children return to school
Media release by the ACDP ACDP MP Marie Sukers today called on the government to introduce a hybrid education system to facilitate the successful completion of the current academic year by all children. Noting an announcement by Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga, in which she has said that more […]
ACDP says lift lockdown as experts warn of dire effects on economy
The African Christian Democratic Party calls for the immediate lifting of the lockdown restrictions on all sectors of the South African economy, while ensuring that strict hygiene conditions are in place, the party deputy president Wayne Thring says in a press statement released yesterday. The statement continues: The ACDP is […]
ACDP petition calls for Church to be opened as essential service
The ACDP has posted a petition calling on the South African government to recognise the Church as an essential service provider and allow it to open for ministry and humanitarian aid, while adhering to Covid-19 restrictions and precautions. At the time of posting this article, the petition on the Change.org […]
Motshekga statement arrogant, insulting to parents — Meshoe
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga’s statement that parents can conditionally opt out of the new Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) curriculum is “laced with arrogance and is deceitful, disrespectful and insulting to parents”, says ACDP leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe. “For the Minister to say that parents have a choice to […]
‘Don’t impose your immorality on our children’, says Meshoe at protest march
Hundreds of ACDP members and supporters – including many children – marched to the office of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) in Struben Street, Pretoria yesterday. Their aim was to put a stop to government’s plan of introducing Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) into the country’s Life Orientation syllabus. “Politicians,” […]
‘We will apply for matter to be struck off roll’, say pro-life doctor’s defence
The defence team for pro-life doctor Jacques de Vos, 32 will apply for the matter to be struck permanently from the roll when his much-delayed hearing by a six-member disciplinary committee of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) reconvenes in Cape Town on Monday. De Vos has been […]
Department forging ahead with CSE without proper consultation, says ACDP
The ACDP is not convinced by the response it has received from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to the important question regarding the content of the new Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) curriculum, it says in a media statement released yesterday. “As a result, we have requested a meeting with […]
WATCH: ACDP calls on Christians to stand with doctor ‘persecuted by HPCSA’
ACDP Member of the Western Cape Provincial legislature made a strong call in the assembly this week for Christians in SA to stand with Dr Jacques de Vos who has been charged by the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) with unprofessional conduct related to his pro-life views. In the video […]
Sukers calls on government to come clean with details of proposed sexuality education curriculum
The ACDP calls on the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to unequivocally state in detail what Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) will entail. ACDP MP Marie Sukers said in a media statement yesterday that representatives from the DBE are not singing from the same sheet when it communicates about CSE, which […]